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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, June 3,1992
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Summer driving slowed by construction
Lawrencemotorists derailed by detours throughout city
by Anne Grego
Kansan staff writer
W. A. Dunbar and Son employees work on widening Ninth Street. They are also making the hill near Iowa Street less steep by moving dirt from the top of the hill to the bottom. The construction should be completed by September 4.
Al Cinelli, Lawrence graduate student, is having trouble getting friends to his house.
Cinelli lives in the neighborhood adjacent to the closed section of Ninth Street between Iowa and Michigan streets. He said that although getting home took him only two seconds longer than usual, giving directions to his friends was complicated.
Doughease
Road construction at Niti. Street and some other areas of Lawrence could slow down many drivers this summer.
City engineer Therese Gorman said the city's main project was the Ninth Street work. The road will be closed between Iowa and Michigan streets except to local traffic until September.
The intersection at Emery Road and Ninth Street is closed to all traffic.
Gorman said the city was making the hill on Ninth above Emery Road less steep and taking out a retaining wall.
15th Street at Crestline Drive will be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction so a traffic light and
She said the city was detouring traffic around the construction to Sixth Street.
left-turn lane can be installed. Work should run from early June until mid-August.
Other construction this summer includes:
lowa Street between 25th and 31st streets will be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction while an
island is removed and the street is resurfaced.
Construction areas in Lawrence
Three bridges spanning the drainage ditch along Naismith Drive between 19th and 23rd streets are being replaced. Crews are working on
the bridges at 21st Street Terrace and 22nd Street. They will start work on the 22nd Street Terrace bridge when they reopen one of the other bridges. Work should continue until September, according to Ralph Griphka of the
Source: Dept. of Transportation and Lawrence City Engineer **Sean Tevis**, Daily Kansan
Kansas Department of Transportation.
Along with road construction in Lawrence, some highway construction is planned.
portions of Kansas Highway 10 from the Lawrence city limit to the Johnson County line will be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction. Three-foot shoulders will be added, and the road will be resurfaced, Grippa said.
During July and August, different
KU and Haskell strive for better relations despite JRP leasing plans
In the wake of disappointment after the Joseph R. Pearson Hall lease fall through, KU and Haskell Indian Junior College officials are maintaining good relations between the schools through shared KU programs.
By Ana Kostick
Kansan staff writer
Although Joseph R. Pearson Hall will not be leased to Haskell Indian Junior College this fall as previously planned, University of Kansas officials said they expected good relations between the schools to continue through other channels.
Haskell had proposed to move 400 students into JRP during the 1992-93 school year while two of its residence halls were being renovated. Haskell officials said the proposal failed because the Facilities Management Construction Center, part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Albquuerque, N.M., denied the funding request.
Besides leasing JRP to Haskell, Jeff Weinberg, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, said administrators had planned to open KU resources to the Haskell student body.
Weinberg said he hoped the proposed list of joint ventures would not die because the housing contract did not work out. He said the KU administration could still allow Haskell students to use programs such as Student Union Activities, recreational services, University library facilities, the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, placement center programs and student orientation.
"The loss of JRP is unfortunate." Weinberg said. "It was the catalyst for us to do what we should have done. Everyone is saddened by the loss, but there is much good that is still going on."
Ken Stoner, director of KU student housing, said JRP would not re-open for use as a residence hall this fall and that he could not speculate future plans for the hall.
Stoner said KU students who had requested to live in JRP in the spring were given the option to live in the other residence halls on campus so that JRP would be available for Haskell students.
Stoner said it was too late in the planning process to re-
cover RP to KU students.
opportunity to make Haskell officials said the proposed 10-month, $800,000 lease included the cost of transportation to and from Haskell.
Stoner said the University would not lose money because
of the failed proposal, but it was necessary for the University to find an alternative use for JRP.
"This was not a money-maker, 'Stoner said. "But now the building needs to be in use in some capacity."
Stoner has enough room to house all students living in the residence hall system without the use of JRP because the number of students wanting to live in the residence halls was decreasing, he said.
Stoner said he was not concerned about the decrease, which he thinks resulted from demographic changes, such as smaller high school graduating classes.
"There are approximately 1,150 fewer freshmen and sophomores than four years ago." Stoner said. "Although the enrollment has stayed the same, the mix has changed."
marvin Buzzard, dean of students at Haskell, said the request was denied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs because of lack of funds.
He said Haskell still planned to renovate two residence halls, but the earliest the construction would begin was January. Students will live in the residence halls while minor construction begins. Extensive work will be done during the summer.
Buzzard said there was a "natural disappointment" on both sides. He said that a cooperative relationship between KU and Haskell had been going on for some time.
Buzzard said Haskell officials felt badly that the proposal had fallen through and were grateful to KU officials for considering the joint venture.
"We are very hopeful and confident that the failure to execute the lease won't interfere with the relations between the schools," he said.
The opportunity to lease JRP originated a year and a half ago in meetings of The Haskell-Ku Inter-Institutional Task Force. The committee consists of five members from each school who deal with all issues that affect the students, faculty and staff at both institutions.
It is through this task force that the possible implementation of KU programs will be discussed this month, Weinberg said.
University undergraduates merit research scholarships
Students mayuse $1,000 award to fund individual projects
By Ana Kostick
Kansan staff writer
This summer, 20 University of Kansas undergraduates will use their experience and $1,000 research schoolships to support original, independent projects.
The students, selected by the Undergraduate Research Awards Selection Committee this spring, were awarded the scholarships based on the merit of the proposal, academic record and recommendations from faculty members. Forty-three research proposals were submitted.
"The strength of the applicants was very high," said J. Michael Young, director of the honors program and chairman of the UGRA committee. "Half a dozen more also deserved funding."
Sandra Wick, assistant director of the honors program, said the students may use the scholarships for any research costs. Afaculty member will oversee the progress of each student's project.
Wick emphasized that all students interested in research should apply for the 20 scholarships worth $1,000 each and the spring scholarships worth $250 each that also are available.
The 20 students' research areas include theater and film, sociology, English, economics,
political science, business, chemistry and potany.
Young said the selection committee chose scholarship recipients based on the proposal's potential contribution to knowledge and the arts and on the student's qualifications, which are based on the student's ability to successfully complete the project.
"A student with a lower grade point average may win over a student with the higher GPA." Young said. "Whether the proposal is feasible and original is more important."
Jackie Gordon, Hays junior, is studying the effects of sexual harassment on KU students. Gordon said she received 481 of the 670 questionnaires she passed out to a sociology class at the University this spring. The next step for Gordon is to code the responses, a process that will enable her to find out the mind set of the questioned person.
Gordon estimates she will put in 25 hours a week toward the project before the data will be compiled and analyzed in an article she hopes to have published in a professional journal.
Students who receive summer UGRA's must file an interim report on their progress in October and a final report on their completed research in February. Young said students interested in 1993 scholarships should be thinking about proposal ideas and discuss them with faculty advisers.
"Although it's difficult to get published at the undergraduate level, it is our goal to see them published," Young said. "Whether in print or as a presentation, this research greatly contributes to knowledge."